Philanthropy’s Double Dip: Giving Numbers Tumble for Second Straight Year | onPhilanthropy

Philanthropy’s Double Dip: Giving Numbers Tumble for Second Straight Year | onPhilanthropy: "Giving in the U.S. dropped for the second straight year in 2009, reflecting the depth of the American recession, and a slight drop in individual giving but a steep decline in foundation philanthropy. The annual numbers from the Giving USA Foundation, which has measured U.S. philanthropy since 1956, revealed on the second two-year decline in giving since the statistics have been gathered and the second largest single year drop since the oil embargo of the mid-1970s."